Urban Myths: 210 Poems brings together the new and uncollected poems from John Tranter, considered one of the most original poets of his generation in Australia.
Smart, wry and very stylish, Tranter’s poems investigate the vagaries of perception and the ability of language to converge life, imagination and art so that we arrive, unexpectedly, at the deepest human mysteries.
Winner 2006 C J Dennis Prize for Poetry (VIC Premier’s Literary Awards)
John Tranter is an internationally renowned poet. His many volumes of poetry include Under Berlin (UQP 1988), which won the Grace Leven Prize, and At the Florida (UQP 1993). He edited the controversial anthology The New Australian Poetry, and co-edited The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry with Philip Mead in 1993, now the standard text in its field. He is the author of twenty books and the founding editor of the free internet magazine Jacket.
Author John Tranter
Publisher UQP
Date of Publication 2006
ISBN 9780702235573 (print)
Category Poetry
